, 1887-06-02
AFTERNOON SESSION.

AFTERNOON SESSION.
A. j. StauS-, next witness: Reside
In Spokane Fall; keep II gunsmith
store; Am acquainted with firearms,
Smith " We,sUn REVIEWERS, M. 3S,
having metallic cartridges; l have,
many times, fred off revolvers ut
short distances; | am acquainted
with the use Of tlrrariIS.
"Can you tell, from your know
ledge aud experience, how far hurn-
Ing powder will he carried In II room
where there Is no wind. 80 ~ to burn
the human skin aud leave visible
traces, from revolver of the descrip-
tiOn used by the defend,ntY
Question oijec' ed to and witness
examined by defence rs to his co.n-
potency as an expert. Witness
| have had no experience In firing
on the human skin with u revolver
Of this description, as to the powder
burning, hut with another kind |
have burned my own person by
accident; have had experience with
Il revolver of that kind ON substance
Of p'per as tO how iaI
u distance powder will burn
from the inuzzle Of a revolver; dun'i
kDOH how many times | have eX-
tncr in examining gun shots on the
human flesh; don't know as the
same test viii apply to the human
flesh as - paper; the size Of the pis.
tol and gu ility Ut powder and length
of c,rtrldge all depend upon tn dis
tance powder will go; my expert
encp has been confined to burning
pper; don't know whether n pow.
der burn would be noticeable upon u
fl ,nnel shirt; the interpositiOn of u
fl ,nnel shirt bet wepn the paper and
the pistol would interfere with the
powder burning; IL VIII burn fear
Iully in one foot distance from the
niuzzl- Of the revolver, in two feet y
little and 1T four foot 1t WOuldn't
burn hut disr0lUr the substance.
DR.. Prnfield called and testified.
Have had nm experience with gun
shot wounds and with powder burn-
ing on the human flesh and writing
paper; am able to- state from expert
ence and observation and reading of
scientific works the different effects
gun powder burn has upon paper and
human flesh and the difference in
distance between the one and the
other; az the distance of three feet Il
,owd-r burn makes II mark upon
the skin. or becomes imiIradcd in
the skin; in one foot distance the
skin will become ldcrrattd, and at
two feet not 80 much; | SAW the
body Of deceased at the house that
night, made an examination at the
time, sup.I fetal hut careful; there
was no mark of powder visible;
noticed the shirt he had on near the
collar; don't think the shirt was
pierced with the tall; ut distance
of three feet the powder wIuld
spread over radius Of one foot
SOU IRE ON the substance with re-
vOlver of this kind.
CrOss-pxaniinatiOn / am con-
fir'ned i'm my previous statement; II
depends upon the quality of powder;
as u universal rule, with II revolver
aud cartridges Of the kind used by
defendant, there would be "a powder
burn Il distance OF three feet:
have had considerable experience In
gun shot wounds; made experiments
this morning in company with DR..
Allison at the suggestion OF the pros
ecuIion; non" OF the defendants
counsel were advised OF IT,; made cx.
perimentS in the woods back Oi the
city; testify from such experiments
and 1t Is all the experiments l have
ever made; 1 testify from that alone.
Here the case for the prosecution
closed. This morning at the open.
ing Of court the attorneys for the
prosecution argue law points. The
case will probably 60 to the jury this
eve ming.
Court adjourned at 4:3O p. m. to
$3.50 this morning.